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Tibetan Plateau May be Older than Previously Thought
The Tibetan Plateau is the planet’s highest and largest plateau and has been the focus of scientific study for decades. In a new study, published online in the journal Nature Geoscience, … [Read full article]
International Team of Scientists to Study Third Pole
Information regarding the health and fate of glaciers across the planet is rare and often misunderstood, causing some experts to make claims that bear no weight in fact. Now, an … [Read full article]
Tibetan Glaciers Growing Against the Flow
Despite glaciers across the planet melting at an accelerated and unprecedented rate, one mountain range along the rim of the Tibetan plateau is home to a series of glaciers that … [Read full article]
China Considers Allowing Trophy Hunting of Protected Species
The State Forestry Administration of China has conservationists in an uproar as it considers lifting a ban on hunting the country’s protected species.
Tibetan Glaciers Melting at Alarming Rate, Over a Billion People at Risk Says Dalai Lama
The Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that he is concerned over the melting of glaciers in the Tibetan plateau as they seem tp be melting at an alarming rate.